Rewarding effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") in dominant and subordinate OF-1 mice in the place preference conditioning paradigm

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-199

  Rodriguez Alarcon G ^a   Canales, J J ^b,c   Salvador, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Cardenal Herrera University   (Spain)

Author keywords

c Fos; Corticosterone; MDMA; Place preference; Social status; Social stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; PROTEIN C FOS; TESTOSTERONE;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REWARD; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; REWARD; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33845721655     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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